Queensland Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC SECTOR ETHICS ACT 1994 - SECT 12D

12D Nature and application of a standard of practice

(1) A standard of practice applies additional standards of conduct and behaviour to public officials of a particular public service agency.

(2) A standard of practice must—

(a) have regard to the ethics principles and values; and

(b) support the standards of conduct in the code of conduct for public service agencies.

(3) A standard of practice—

(a) applies to all public officials of the public service agency; and

(b) may apply to other persons who are not public officials of the agency who have a contract or other agreement with the agency.

Examples for paragraph (b)—

• contractors with the agency and their employees

• volunteers with the agency

• students on work experience with the agency

(4) A standard of practice for a public service agency may make different provision, consistent with the ethics values, for different types of—

(a) public officials of the agency; or

(b) persons mentioned in subsection (3) (b) .